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VOLUME IX, NO. ß
Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon.
Siine It* Copy, 5 Cents
Friday,
January 2, 1931
$1.50 Per Year
1 Iff 5H
Short Items About
ConiiiiKM anil C ohirh Of
lleavertoniniiK Are lie
eoi did II «‘ re
MANY
“CHECK AND DOUBLE I
CHECK“—NEXT SHOW
* ON OREGON FARMS f
• l orvallia
------ (»rower*
r— . of
g
A u strian
w inter field p ra i neeil have no te a r
eo n rern in g u m a rk e t in the next
yrui o r ao, w hether th e »red crop
la foiitraetm l or not, iH-lievva G. it.
ilyalop. rh if o f the form rro p a ilr
|>armvilt a t O regon S ta le eollegi
llyalop helirve» th a t w ith the ex-
pa naion in the u*e o f th e crop ami
w ith n larg e | a r t of the crop for the
n ex t c o p li of yeai» already con
tra rte d , u ready m arknt la »»»Uriel
VISIT FRIENDS
K nlerjirlae Two
ton* of AU»h i
lield pea» w ere pur* hu»ed thro u g h
V an ) IV« pie ( ’nine Tn llra te rlim the rm inty uifenl » ollh e iu»l y ear
anil d istrib u te d am ong III faim ei .
To Vii»i| I u n n i» «ml R elatives
of the county to try i tit thi* em p
for «ilage. The pel.» w ere p lan le I
V irginia I «mil» hail h rr Initalla in m ix tu re w itu uata am i h rley and
rim o v n l |iy Hr. M a»m on (ta iu rJ ii/. yield« o f from 10 to 12 Ion» w ere
rep irked
Mr*. O ninr lit»« unit rh ililrrn am
»pending a week With h rr m other
TdlaniiHtk Among th e a rtiv . ie»
Mr*. H enry W uUa.
made |«i*»iiiU' th ro u g h th e Till«
Kll*»el U nirti i» »(lending p a rt of muok C ounty Cow T exting u a io i.a -
hi* « hria'.ina* « « ru llili with hi* * 1 « tion d u rin g the ji i»t y e a r ha* been
tr r In F o ie» l (iio v r.
»riling 477 week old d a iry culvci
Ml»* Noma I ro w nr »«» u ( u r i to prr*on* in O regon, Idaho, Mon
of Mi** M inutim i lluy of I'ortlund tana. W ashington, Wy tiling, U tah,
uml C alifornia Kvery culf *o!<l in
on T uesday ulul W ednesday.
thin m an n er ctim m from cow« who-o
Mr*. Fid t nltotey am t t i l l Jai l. <« n»»iM'i»tion record »how* 300 pound.»
E ugene tin* «lulling with relative* of h u tte rfa t a yeur o r le tte r .
in B eaverton, «turiii|r ih r hololuy*
Mr ami Mr*, D rorbaugh and »on
lialla* In the absence of fresh
»prill < h ri'tm a * «lay w ith Mr. U rur- ilo » er ui.d a lla ifa , carro t* or par-
hao|(h'* aW ler, Mi*. S ingleton of »nip» m ukr an excellent l-uii f >r
| h n'ket goplteia which a rc tuk.ng ud
P ortland.
Mi»» Jo y l l u l r t t r »|Mant a few v an tag e oi t e favorahle w eath er to
I lay» lu»t w rrk a t (h r home o f h r r make g ie a t inioad» into the clover
»iklrr, Mr» F’re J llra u n of F oresi i.iui n ifa .fa lie l.» of fo lk county,
according to J. K He k. county a -
U ro vc.
gent D irccti, n* for m ixing and pla
Mr anil M i r «!■•> G tay n t 'r n i v l iilig the lain ta n in- b.allied in Mr.
ih r liani|iiri a t Men -y T hiel«», g lv tn Beck'» office.
I y Mr. Ui iva» ol (he I ’q itta b l" In-
» u ra n rr Com pany.
Vale Indication* are th a t approx
Xmas Irei Enjoyed
Hie Program Arranged liv
Teachers, la Well
Carried
< ANDY IS
Out
LIVEN OCT
The t 'hildren Wore Costum e* S u it­
able Cor l'a rt»
Taken
The K inton com m unity C hrist.na*
tre e am 1 en t.-r.a in m rn t hi Id a t th"
K inton
hall Inat T uesday evening
wa» very well a tte n d d and the p ro ­
g ram ur. auged by the teacher* of
the achool wa* much enjoyed. The
pupil* ta k in g |ia rt in the different
drill*, play*, etc., tak in g th e ir p a rts
*o well n Hect much cred it on th eir
in«lrucU>r», Mr*. Ilu rriao n , and Ml»»
W ight.
C h ristm as
refreshm ent»,
c o n sistin g o f ian d y , n u ts, and or
anges, were |>a»»ed around to those
presen t.
Following i* the pro g ram a* given:
iT o lo g u r, " Itic k the H all* /' Ulenn
Pringle and chorus; play, “ M oth—*
llu b b a ril’«
C.hrUtrna*.”
p rim ary
grade»; F airy -B ro w n ie dnre-e, first
and » e o .n l g rad es; play, “ C h ri.t'n n s
a t the G rouches,’’ up|M-r g rad es; Th'-
M inuet, (d u n ce), dance* by E leanor
H einrich, *ung by H o rry Ludw ig,
liny'* drill, u p p er g rad es; top»y tu r-
vy drill, th ird and fo u rth grade»;
dance, “ lri»h ta ll,' Alice (ieinU 'lla;
reading. Evelene Y oung; pantom im e.
“ Holy N ight Scene»." accom panied
w ith chorus w ork. The children ta
king p a rt in th e program w ere in
costum es suitab le for the part» t a ­
ken.
It take* a hum an ch a in 'te r of
genuine g re a tn e ss to bei-ome
the
hero <.f every sm all boy and g irl la
A m erica.
Few
e n te rta in e rs
in
h isto ry have achieved sueh hom age,
it rem ained fo r Charley Chaplin,
th e senior D ouglas F airbanks, and
relativ ely a har.dful i f o th ers on
Binge and screen to one-tim e cap­
tu re the h e a rt and fancy 0t young
A m erica.
l/u t, today, a team of tw o men
sta n d s forem ost in all the history
of show ages as the idols of y o u th ­
ful heart* everyw here. The d esp a ir­
ing cry of older folks and th e a tre
m an ag ers th a t
children a re
n o
longer ¡.itcrested In the movies is
destined to grow fain t.
Amos 'n' A ndy, heroes to y o u n g ­
s te rs everyw here, the tw o g re a te st
d e iim a lo rt of nag ro c h a ra c te riz a ­
tions e i e r know n, a re to ap p ear in
th e ir firs t a ll-talk in g m otion pic­
tu re , a Itad.o P ictu re production a .-
titled “ Check am i Double Check.”
It comes to th e Be iver T h eatre this
w eek, the firs t show being New
Y ear s n ig h t, and th - last one Sun­
day night. J a n u a ry 4. It ia believed
th a t it will be the m ost joyous e n ­
te rta in m e n t
offering
ever
con -
cocled fo r eith e r grow nup* o r the
youngster* who have been
com ­
plaining th a t th e “talk ies" mean
noth in g to them .
E ndeared to millions of listeners,
nnd especially to boys and g irls, by
th e ir unm atched
radio
sketches,
tru e, honest
ch aracterizatio n s
ot
kindly and hum orous negro folk.
Amos ’n ’ Andy hgve been brought
to life in “Check ar.d Double Check.”
T hey will now be seen a« well as
h eard in a com edy of the people and
th in g s th a t havtj made them and
th e ir celebrated F resh A ir Ifexi.-ah
in tern atio n al heroes.
L iste n e ra -in who nightly have fol­
lowed the boys and th e ir friends,
the K in g 'ish .
L ig h tn in ’,
M adam e
Q ueen. Ruby T ay lo r the comic mem-
tiers of the M ystic K nights of the-
Sea, and the g ro an in g trav els oi
the F resh A ir T axicab, Incorpulated.
will now se them in action, infused
w ith the life and color of a more
d ram atic and hum orous sto ry tt a n
has ever come out of the
a i r
th rough m illions o f loudspeakers.
“ Check snd Double Check’ a.so
contains a s tif lin g sto ry of w hite
folks’ dram a, ptfrve f Ky such screen
s ta rs as Irene Rich. Sue C arol. Ralf
H arublc and C harles M orton. But
above ev ery th in g it is a show fo r
and by Amo* V A ndy, and D irec­
to r Melville Brown,
whose
skill
produced m any of C haplin's g re a t­
e st successes, has seen th a t it r e ­
m ained th at.
I'fur of Tlicm Are Regis­
tered In The School
of Engineering
TWO IN COMMERCE
Each
County In O regon
H as At
I.<•»»( One R epresentative H ere
B eaverton i* tep resen ted by eight
student* a t O regon S ta te college this
term according to a recent report
ju s t issued from the college re g is­
t r a r ’s office.
The school o f e n g i­
neering seem s to be favored by
1 eaverton stu d en ts, as H om er W il-
sonr ju n io r; H ow ard WiUon, sop h o ­
m ore; and Fred M yres an d
Paul
Shcllenberger, freshm en, a re re g is ­
tered in th is school. Edm und G ray
and R uth L undgren, freshm en, are
reg istered in com m erce, and G ay-
ford Wilson, a senior, ar.d A lden
W ilson, a junior, are re g iste re d In
in d u strial a rts.
Each county of O regon is re p re ­
sented a t O regon
-State
College.
I n e i e a re also stu d en ts from 25
o th e r sta te s, th ree te rrito rie s, seven
foreign countries and th e D istrict
of Colum bia.
T here a re tw o s t u ­
dents from the D istric t of Colum ­
bia; sixteen from A laska. H aw aii,
and the Phillippine Islands; and
tw en ty from th e follow ing foreign
co u n tries: C anada,
China.
India,
New Zealand. P ersia. South A frica,
and S w itzerland. O f the 3,32! s tu ­
dents reg istered . 2,843 a re
from
O regon, and 440 a re from out of
the sta te .
R uth L undgren. besides being a
m em ber of the Phillion club
of
W aldo hall, is in several activ ities
on th e cam pus.
She w as on
the
O.S.C. d irecto ry s ta ff,
the
rook
dance com m ittee, has receive) a c ­
tiv ity points from w orking In tne
Y. W C. A., w as on the “ se a ts ”
com m ittee d u ring the rook bonfire,
and now she has been anpointed on
the ten
cent
p re-C h ristm as g ift
(o m m ittee which is carried on at
W aldo hall before holiday vacation.
Moat of the B eaverton stu d en ts
a ie sta y in g a t p riv ate hom es or
a t one of the boys’ halls. F red
M yres is a m em ber o f Sigm a Pi
social fra te rn ity and also a pledge
of B eaver K night^, an h o norary o r­
g anization th a t ushers a t ¡»thletic
events and enforces cam pus tr a d i­
tions. E imund G ray, who has been
sta y in g at Poling hall, has recently
pledged T au K appa E psilon f r a te r ­
nity. G ayford W ilson is a » e m b e r
of Ph T au Chi, h o n o rary in indus­
tr ia l a rts , and is se c re ta ry . Alden
W ilson is a m em ber of Phi T au
Chi. Paul S hellenberger is a »mem­
ber of Poling hall club, and How-
r r d W ilson is a m em ber (jf B uxton
hall club.
iniately 3!i0 aerrx of t any lima
heatix w.ll In- h arv ested in M alheur
lo u n ty next y ear, r e |a ir ti K
C
l.ui»on, .o u n ty a g e n t. T h u crop ha» B F W K R ( ’BARTER IN­
been increasin g rapidly in p o p u lar­
STALLS OFFICERS
Mr. am t Mr* F red I rau n ami tw o
ity in th e county, atul very good
»on», of F’o rrs t G rove, «|>ent C hri»t
ma» h a y a t the home of Mr. ami yield* have been re p o rte d .
B eaver t ’h a p 'c r No. 10*» installed
Mr*. J. M. Ilu lrlt.
its officer*
fo r 1931 on S aturday
evening. I*ecemb-r 27 s f tc r a Ju t-
Mi
K. W. ( ••) m I .la u g 'D 'r.
luck d inner und instiillati .n of the
llarii. ra, were i Lr •st:;l.i 1 ij.ll-
M1
l<*:il officer* of th - Masonic Lodge.
n rr gur»l« o f Mr. u " i M r, *1 fl 1
The follow ing
officers
were in
Many U niversity courses in Port
1 nnku* ,,f P ortland.
land are open t o housew ives, busi­ stalled by Mrs. Dora E. Stipe, p a n
Mir. and Mr*. B. X . Denney an 1 ness and p rofessional m en, u n d M atron, a«-i*ted by Mr
B arbara
V« s u n w ir.' a lull* who wish to contin u e th eir G orham , chap lain , and Mrs. May-
Mr and YIr». K. t
dinner K iic *1» i f .Mr. practical or c u ltu ra l education, it belle E rickson, installing M arshal-
I ‘hriAtnm«
and M rs. R It IV r lev
is announced by the P o rtlan d C enter Mrs M arion T alb ert. W orthy Mr
Mr. and Mr*. Floyd It TcfTt ar.,1 office o f the U niversity o f O regon, Iro n ; Sam uel B l-aw rence. Worthy-
d au g h ter. Mi*» T helm a, of Eugene M l O regon Building. The w in ter P a tro n ; Mr*. Anna S p ra g u e , Asso
ciate M atron: It- B. D enny. Asso­
»lo ot * e \e ra l
ilays visit ng with term begin* Ja n u a ry 5.
friends in B eaverton.
Or. Jo h n It Alex, who has been ciate P a tro n ; Mrs M arg aret A U ni
Mr* T. J H an n ig an end Mr an.l on leave of absence stu d y in g in n .y . S e c re ta ry ; Mrs M yrtle Kelsher.
Mr*. E unice M urray.
M rs. Kay Wilcox o f P o rtlan d w ere G erm any, at the l.eague of N ations, T re a su re r;
C h aplain; Mrs. Em m a G errish . M ar
C hr.atiiias d in n e r guest» of V r »«»'• ami in th e O rient, is re tu rn in g a n J
will o ffe r
u stim u la tin g course- shal: Miss H elen Mill*. O rg a n ist:
Mr». II
A R ohe.
called C u rre n t E ie n ts. T his will be Mrs. M ildred C a rr. A dah; Mrs. Ann«
Mr ami .Vr*. I toy C ia y and J .lu i g n e n on Ih u rs d a y evenings in Lm- W eed, R u th; Mrs. Minn c Schoene,
a
G ray w ere d in n er
guest* of Mr coln high school.
E sth e r; Mi*' 'Mabel C arls n, M ar­
Wo wi*h o th an k all the
uu.1 Mm. Fred Edw ard* o f P ortland
The public speaking courses open th a ; Mrs. M arie C raig, E le la ; Mr-
B eaverton
school
c hildren.
. on New Y ear’» Hay.
to new en ro llm en t include F u n d a ­ M arion M acDonald. W ard er; K. 11.
business
men, G irl R eserves,
Mr an | Mr*- W illiam K IVU :i m ental* of Public S|H-uking. O ral In ­ Schoene, Sentinel.
and citizens fo r the help they
and h i r b ro th e r M r. Joe llu tc h c ri.it, te rp re ta tio n of L ite ra tu re , and lu b -
gav e us w ith th e ir ready r e ­
of V. mh.II. lu l le d w ith B eaverton lic S peaking lo r I usiness und P ro -
Mr. and M r».
D. S p u rb n of
sponse in helping us put over
friend* on F riday o f. Ia»t wcei.
W hitford had a* g u ests on l hrist
tcssional men.
th e C hristm as seal drive, p u t­
New- covrsi-i in business ad m in i­ m as day. th e ir d a u g h te rs, Mrs. L.
tin g it over big.
Mr. and Mr*. M. C . M cK ercher
The com m ittee in ch arg e:
KINTON GRANGE
and »on G eorge w ere Sunday d inner stra tio n will be o ffered in F oreign W aller*. Miss M ary Ja n e S purbn.
two
and
Alice Check, ----
M arketing.
S sl m unship, and M rs.
M rs. B. A. Rohsc. chairm an;
guest* nt the G A Gilm ore home T rad e
M rn .h an il.airg , G eography of A*ia d au g h ters, of P o rtlan d , ar.d Mr. at tJ
M rs. R. R. S um m ers; Mrs.
in P ortland on T uesday evening.
Mr*. H. F . E liar.der, and son.
and In d u stria l G eography of Ore
t D . C . H ow ard.
M m. Hnm* and fam ily , who have
T his week, S tu rd ay . is the regu
At---------------------------------------------------*1
licch living in lhe R. K. Sum m er» gun.
la r m onthly m eeting of the K inton
Sii
K
M
I
-
Y
PASSING
A course of p a rtic u la r in te re st in
house on Hood S tre e t, moved to h e r
g ra n g e . It w ill
be observed
as
own house on Isinihar.l i t . Tuesday. the field o f c onomica will be given
hom ecom ing day. T here will be a
Mrs. I,cu ra Young died Sunday.
by Ur. V ictor M.-rrih on F rid ay eve­
New Y eat s d in n er served at noon,
Wo wish to ex p ress our s in ­
C h ristm as d in n er guc«'.* of Mr. nings. T his ia called "P ro b lem s of D ecem ber 29. nt her home on < •>,,
and th e M aster. M rs. S arah Van
cere g ratitu d e and appreciation
|MT M ountain a t th e age of 70 year
and Mr*. L . L . M yers w ere Mrs. P ru sp ciity nnd D epression.”
Kleek. is desirous of h aving all th e
fo r the many k.n i acts of our
She w as born in N orth ( a ro lin a,
Nellie M yers. Mi»» H all« M yers,
Courses a re also av a d a ld e in lit
officers and m em bers present in th is
neighbors av.d frien d s around
uiid niece Nellie May P au l. nil of c ra tu re , languages, h isto ry ami so­ F eb ru a ry :t, lSiit). The fu n e ra l wa*
occasion. All in th e com m unity a re
B eaverton a fte r the death of
held W ednesday from P cg g 's Cha
P ortland, Mr. and Mm. John lugg* ciology.
also asked to be p resen t a t the d in ­
our sister. June M ainland, also
| h » 1 R ev. S p rin g e r conducted in-,
and tw o a 'n* of llerin iato n , O re..
n e r and lecture hour follow ing. R e ­
the beautiful floral offerings.
services.
She leaves h e r husband
Mrs 1». I* W oul of A lbany, and
m em ber this S atu rd ay a t 10:30 in
Mr. and Mrs. Jo h n M ainland
nnd several children by a form er
Mrs. Florence
Johnson,
amt M
m a rria g e to m ourn h e r loss.
‘ the m orning.
Young of F o re st (»rave.
Mr*. A C. T u ttle , who ha» b e e t
Ijuitr ill w ith influenza fo r the pa t
(wo w irk » i* able to I«? nboJt, h i '
not liark to w ork.
PORTLAND CENTER
NAMES NEW COURSES
RECI
■> 4
Several Beaverton
Students At 0. S. C.
ION
TO
HAVE HOMECOMING
<’\R1) OF THANKS
.RAN V FAMILY GATH­
ERINGS IN KINTON
|,C)l VI PEOPLE IN
PORTLAND UROGRAM
T here w ere a num ber o f lnrge
fam ily
g a th e rin g s in K inton
on
C h ristm as day One o f them w as lit
the home of M r. and M rs. H a rry
A. R ichards, m ost o f the fam ily b e­
ing p re se n t. T here w ere g a th e rin g s
nt the J . C .
S nider
home and
George S n id er’s hoire, as well a*
o th e r fam ilies in the com m unity.
' Among those who sp en t the dav
o u t-o f-to w n
w ere: Mr*.
Madge
W ight and son Dougin* W ight and
Miss V irginia W ight, 'Mr. und Mrs.
E. L. Cox, who sp en t th e day with
M r. and M rs. C .
C. W ight of
C ornelius.
M r. nml M m . G eorge Bla**er and
M r. und M rs. Jo h n Sum m ers took
p a ri in the Covered W agon C e n te n ­
nial p rogram held in the P o rtlan d
Civic A uditorium on M onday n ig h t,
h o noring the h u m lerd th a n n iv ersary
of the b irth o f E irn M eeker. Mr.
und Mrs Bla»*er and M r. and M rs.
tSummer* w ith tw o P o rtlan d couples
danced the old fashioni'il ipiadrille,
which w on such ap p lau se th a t they
w ere called back, w hereupon they
daneed the “ grap ev in e » w in g .“ a
num ber o f B eaverton people a tte n d ­
ed the p ro g ra m .
M r. nnd M rs. John Sum m ers e n ­
terta in e d M m . M. E . Pike nnd M r.
The W ashington C ounty F ed er­
H arry Sum m er* at d in n er on C hrist
a tio n o f W om en's clubs will m eet in
m as day .
th e C on g reg atio n al church in Gas
ton n t 10 a m., Jn n u a ry fi, w ith Mrs.
G ladys M eyers,
Vice P resid en t, of
T ig ard in c h a rg e . Mrs. E dith ( ol
lias E vans, chairm an of th e music
G a rre tt Karl Paulson o f P o rtlan d com m ittee, will have ch arg e o f nit
nnd N orm a Rosalen Sum s w ere u- a ftern o o n pro g ram .
nited in m ntrim ony a t th e »Methodist
lairsonuge Inst iSnturday evening.
The bride received her g rad e and
high school eduention in th e Henvet
ton schools nnd la te r w as g raduated
Tho K d ok h Needle and B m a l
f-om a Portlan d Im sine-s college.
F or some tim e she hnd been in fv. Club will h o d an all day m eeting
employ of a P ortland firm, rank n¡( F rid ay (to a y ) a t th-» home o f Mr*.
the trip cacti day by sta g e from Ban ford R o g ers w ith a p o t luck
lunch nt noon followed by n bust -
B eaverton.
m eeting. All m em bers
ar ■
Mr. Paulson Is n m em ber j ( the ness
u rg ed to eome.
P ortland lire d e p a rtm e n t.
T heir m any frien d s wish th e n a
Mr*. H . C . H a rtw ig has been
most prospero u s life in th e ir newly
established home in th e m etropolis ronfinoli to h e r homo by illnoss for
sovornl w eeks.
of O regon.
FEDERATION OF WO­
MEN’S CLUBS TO MEET
MISS NORMA SAMS
WEDS PORTLAND MAN
RKBEKAH
HAVE
CLUB TO
A MEETING
-aa
LddM Quijlaa sn<l Robert Aro>iiroo< ia l'B i| M o s e r/, A Path *_Pi
BIG MONEY” IS THE
STORY OF A RUNNER
The first talk in g picti re to im ­
m ortalize the W all S tre e t “ ru n n e r’
is “ Big M oney,” a new P a.b e com e­
dy d ram a directed by R ussell .izck
which w i'l be on vi ;w a t th e B eaver
th e a tre }r F rid ay of r.ext w tek
Eddie Q uiPan. y o u th fu l com edian,
it teen in th is production as a ate a -
and-bond
house
m essenger whose
unusual luck in gam bling causes h i,r
to g ra d u a te a s one of the m ost noto­
rious rack eteers o f the underw orld.
W alter D eLeon, who w rote the
orig in al s tiry o f “ B ig M oney” has
evidenced a wide know ledge of *i
Habits o f th is group of young men
fo r whom it ia a common p ra i.:<
to c a rry hundreds of thousand.* of
dollars in securit es and cash in the
course o f one w orking day. Only
d u rin g th e p a st five y ears have stock
houses em ployed men under th irtv
y ears o f ag e to perform this duty.
T h at
“ru n n e rs-’ a re som et'm es
“tak en fo r a rid e ”, as illu strated
in th is P ath e picture, is quite true,
fo r th e re a re num erous cases of
th is ty p e on record in th e New Y ork
Police D ep artm en t a t the present
tim e.
B esides E ddie Q uillan. th e f e a ­
tu re d player, a re R obert A rm s tr
J a m e i G e a so n . M iriam S egar, M ar­
g a re t L ivu.gston, R ober
E dcscn.
D oroth ’ f l ris ty
and o th er noieJ
players a»e in th e sup->>r > ,g cast.
INCREASE IN ALFAL­
FA ACREAGE IN 1930
C ontinued increase in a lfa lfa ac­
reage, introduction
o f a hard ier
s tra in of red clover and th e »>se of
A u strian w in te r field
peas as a
seed crop m arked farm crop devel­
opm ents in W ashington C ounty d u r ­
ing the p a st y ear, says W. F . C y­
rus, county a g e n t. An increased in­
te re st in the use of cover crops p re ­
ceding p o ta to p la n tin g and an i n ­
crease in th e size of p lan tin g on
the p a rt of som e of the grow ers w as
noted in the certified p o tato seed
business. W ashington C ounty c e r­
eal. potato and h o rtic u ltu ra l crops
ag a in held th e ir own in the shows
and fa irs o f th e Pacific N orthw est.
Approximately 1000 acres of af-
fa lfa w ere seeded in th e county last
sp rin g if the sa'e s of seed w ere any
indication of the acreag e plan«e«t.
G row ing a lfa lfa in th is county has
i»ecome sufficiently established and
its value as a fo rag e crop dem oe-
stra te d on so m any fa rm s th a t u s u ­
ally w here land suitable to the c u l­
tu re of a lfa lfa is available and any
livestock is kep t th e ow ner has some
a lfa lfa sta rte d .
CjmmunityXmasTree
The Beaverton Hijçh School
Hand Plays Several
Good Numbers
PATTON GIVES TALK
D r.
T albert Spoke
On T he
ject O f C o-operation
Sub­
T here was a large crow d present
at the com m unity C h ristm as tree
W ednesday n ig h t to enjoy the e x ­
cellent p rogram pu: on.
The B eaverton H igh School band
gave several num bers undvr the di­
rection of Mr. F. E. BushnelL These
num bers w ere very well received.
The band is p ro g ressin g nicely u n ­
der the able leadership of Mr. B ush-
neli, and B eaverton citizen s
a re
proud of it.
The W eb.,-B jsw ell q u a rte t was
scheduled to give sev eral selections.
M r. W ebb w as ill and unable to
a tte n d and Rev. J . J . P a tto n acted
as
a
su b stitu te
fo r
h i» .
It
is alw ays a tr e a t to h ear the fine
singing of th is popular group.
Rev. P a tto n gave
an inspiring
talk on ’ C h ristm as,’’ followed by
an address by D r. J . R. T albert,
who spoke on cooperation, com m u­
nity sp irit, and kindred su b jects.
He stressed th e im portance of a d ­
hering to th e Golden Rule in your
dealings w .th your fellow men. n t*
speech was. how ever, ra th e r rudely
in terru p ted a t tim es by a fre ig h t
tra in w hich w as being m aneuvered
ab o u t a t th e track s ju s t a t th a t
m ost inopportune tim e.
The nex t p e rfo rm e r w as old S an ta
him self, w ith his sacks of oranges,
candy and n u ts fo r everyone. It
m ay be safely said th a t his presence
w as e n jo y e i by everyone.
A fte r
his perform ance a t the tre e , S a n ta
le ft w ith th e rem ain in g sacks
t o
v isit homes not rep resen ted a t the
g a th erin g .
He handed out 253 of th ese sacks
in all.
I t has been rep o rted to us th a t
$13.17 w as collected fo r the S an ta
C laus fund, all of which w as spent
to buy the nuts, candy, and oranges
given out.
The C ham ber of Com m erce wishes
to th an k everyone fo r
the fine
s p irit of cooperation show n in the
plan n in g and c a rry in g o u t of our
com m unity p ro g ram .
IIITEON CLUB CELE­
MR. AND MRS. IRWIN
BRATES CHRISTMAS
VISIT MRS. ELLERSON
H iteon club m et F rid ay , D ecem ­
ber 26 at th e home of M rs. Em ily
P eterson w ith tw elve m em bers and
th ree visitors present. M rs. H annah
C hristensen
read an
in te re stin g
C h ristm as st ry. Then we made a
circle around th e C hristm as pie. Each
one had a s trin g to pull. A nd a t the
end— a b a r of soap, a w ash rag . a
pan. a s trin g of beads, a dish rag,
and a candle stick. The aftern o o n
w as finished w ith lunch.
Mrs. E m ily P eterson, Mrs. C hris
C hristensen, and M rs. H . M etzen-
iine w ere appointed
d elegates to
rep resen t the club at th e next coun
ty fed eratio n m eeting to be held
Ja n u a ry 6 a t G aston.
Mr. and M rs. J . D. Irw in, who
w ere recently m arried in Tacom a,
W ash., arriv ed last W ednesday a t
the home of Mrs. Rebekah E llerson
to speml th e ir honeymoon an d th e
holidays. Mrs. Irw in made h er home
w ith M rs. E llerson fo r several years
b u t the last tw o y ears she has been
em ployed in S eattle. Mr. Irw in own»
a sm all home adjoining M rs. Filler-
son’s p ro p erty and is an old friend
and neighbor He has been em ployed
fo r som e tim e in D arrin g to n , W ash.
T hey expect to be h ere fo r tw o or
th re e m onths when Mr. Irw in will
re tu rn to his w ork. M rs. Irw in has
been a real d a u g h te r to Mrs. E lle r­
son and she is very happy to have
them w ith h er.
•MARATHON PREACH­
ER” TO SPEAK HERE KINTON CHURCH E-
LECTS ITS OFFICERS
A ccording to some of the leading
church w orkers of B eaverton, tiiis
com m unity is soon to have the op­
p o rtu n ity of h earin g the nationally
know n “ M arathon P reach er”, A . Lee
A ldrich,
in a com m unity “ C hurch
L o y alty ”
cam p a ig n .
TTiose who
h eard M r. and M rs. A ldrich in the
M ethodist church la s t Sunday m o rn ­
ing speak in
very high term s of
th e ir m a s te rfu l a b ility . The place
and tim e fo r the opening of the
m eetings w ill be announced in the
n e a r fu tu re .
M r. and 'M rs.
K enneth Denney
and tw o children accom panied by hi*
fa th e r. A . V . D enney spent C h ris t­
m as day a t th e home of Mrs. Den­
ney ’s p a re n ts, Mr. and Mrs. B. V s -
o f O sw ego.
R ev. and M rs. W . E . Sim pson
w ere p resen t a t th e annual election
of K inton church and Sunday achool
officers held a t the church S atu rd ay
evening. The follow ing officers will
serve th e church and school fo r the
com ing y e a r: T ru stees. S. H. P o m ­
eroy. one year. Fi. L. Cox. tw o years
and A ugust D allm ann, th ree years;
S u p erin ten d en t. E v erett W rig h t; a s­
sis ta n t su p erin ten d e n t. E L. Cox;
se c re ta ry ,
Ivan B ierly; tre a su re r,
M rs
E . L . C ox; o rg a n ist. M rs.
R obert Pom eroy; ch o rister. E. L.
Cox.
T he new officers w ill have charge
of the services n ex t Sunday.
Mr. G. V. L ev erett,
ill w ith influenza.
R oute jl. is